Configuring A New Mail Account in Outlook Express

Launch Outlook Express and select Tools, Accounts:

Click on the Add button and select Mail:

Enter the Name you wish to have displayed as the Sender Name and click Next:

Enter the return e-mail address you wish to use. If you have an Oregon account it will be your username @oregon.uoregon.edu. If you have a Darkwing account, you may use either username @darkwing.uoregon.edu or username @uoregon.edu. However, be sure the email address you enter matches the email address you have used when you subscribed to any mailing lists to which you currently belong. For example, if you subscribed to deptcomp as username@darkwing.uoregon.edu, your posts will be rejected if you post with the return email specified as username@uoregon.edu. Click Next.

Select IMAP as the server type if you wish to access your mail from multiple locations (home, work, vacation, etc.) and enter your host location for both Incoming and Outgoing server. If your account is on Oregon, the host location is oregon.uoregon.edu. If your accout is on Darkwing, the host location is darkwing.uoregon.edu. If you are configuring this client on a laptop or workstation that will be connecting to an Internet Service Provider other than the University, enter the mail host for the Internet Service Provider in the Outgoing SMTP server designation box. Example: mail.aol.com Click Next.

Enter your username for this mail host and, if you wish to store your password so you don't have to type it in every time you launch Outlook Express, enter your password and check the box next to "Remember password". If your workstation is used by others, this is not recommended since it would allow anyone who uses your computer to read your e-mail. Then click Next.

On the last screen, just click Finish. You will see the account listed in the left hand window of your Outlook Express interface.

Now select Tools, Accounts again:

Select your new darkwing account and click on the Properties button:

Select the Advanced tab and click the checkbox next to "This server requires a secure connection" then click Apply.

Select the IMAP tab and enter \mail in the root directory designation box then click Apply and OK.

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Last updated: 02/27/2003